I REFER to the most recent contribution from Andrew Nutt referring to prescription charges and cancer drugs (Viewpoints, June 14).

Mr Nutt is talking his usual political rubbish because there is no correlation between the two issues he highlights.

First of all, the huge benefit derived from the abolition of prescription charges has benefited all pensioners in Wales who are on limited fixed income and who suffer any form of age-related ill health, however slight or severe.

It has benefited all low wage earners, and others on fixed incomes.

Of course there is a cost effect to these measures but they are far outweighed by the benefits to the health service derived from the abolition of charges, leaving money for other “healthy living” things that Mr Nutt probably takes for granted, like expensive fruit and vegetables.

My wife and I have a combined age of more than 160 years, we are in good general health, but we both require medication for age-related issues, and the saving to us, and others I know of, are immeasurable.

I do have a suggestion which Mr Nutt may wish to pass on to his political paymasters and those Plaid Cymru Assembly Members he may have contact with. Instead of promoting the spending of our money on expensive laptop computers for all schoolchildren, place that money aside for spending on cancer treatments, and in doing so meaningfully contribute to the magnificent work done by all the staff at the Velindre cancer centre and other hospitals.